GENEVA (13 November 2018) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged the Government of Bangladesh to halt plans for the repatriation of more than 2,200 Rohingya...
GENEVA (10 November 2018) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Saturday expressed outrage at the “unconscionable toll” that the escalation of hostilities in Al Hodeidah was...
ISIL’s legacy of terror: at least 200 mass graves in Iraq, says UN report BAGHDAD/GENEVA (6 November 2018) – More than 200 mass graves containing the remains of thousands of victims have been...
GENEVE (26 octobre 2018) - La Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme, Michelle Bachelet, a prévenu vendredi que les expulsions collectives de ressortissants congolais de l'Angola...
GENEVA (26 October 2018) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday warned that the mass deportation of Congolese nationals from Angola has already resulted in serious human...
UN report urges release of hundreds of abducted civilians GENEVA / JUBA (18 October 2018) – A UN report has documented the immense suffering of civilians in the Western Equatoria region of South...
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina ShamdasaniLocation: GenevaDate: 9 October 2018Subject: (1) Bangladesh (2) Venezuela 1. Bangladesh The Digital Security Act was on...
GENEVA/NIAMEY (28 September 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, will visit Niger from 1 to 8 October 2018 to assess the country’s current...
Executive Summary This twenty-third report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is based on the work of the...
The UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar has issued its findings and recommendations on recent alleged human rights violations and abuses in Myanmar. Its findings point to crimes against humanity and...